Yesterday Microsoft launched a new Android app for its cloud computing platform Azure. Administrators using the service will probably find the convenience of being able to check on things with their Android devices helpful. It even provides notifications and alerts in the event of specific problems, making it that much easier for your work to find you at home.

If you don't know what Azure is, then this probably won't have much of an effect on you (wiki-hole, if you are curious), but it's basically a platform similar to Google's Cloud Platform and Amazon's AWS. Which is to say it gives you a bunch of hosting, platform as a service, and software as a service type stuff that is mostly used by businesses.

The new app will eventually give you access to a shell for your instances (it may be a placeholder for now) and it also allows you to check current statuses like resource use, health, and hardware monitoring, as well as check metrics being collected for things like requests. It will also provide notifications and alerts based on what you have set. It seems like a useful tool to let you know about emergencies or to check things quickly when you might be worried. Don't expect it to take over for the full management portal, though.

If you're using any of Azure's services, the app might be worth checking out. Download it over at Google Play or via the widget below.

If you were intelligent enough to get a job where products like Azure, AWS, and OpenStack are used, yeah, you might actually care about management tools and utilities like these.

But hurr durr Microsoft, right?

C64

I'm intelligent enough to be retired with a nice bank account that's full enough to live the rest of my life. And I'm only 40.

But i guess i'm stupid for enjoying life without work 😎

KChristainsen

and with all this time you picked a care bear meme?

C64

Yes, because care bears where cool when i was a kid and my kid likes it too

AuroraFlux

Oh, in that case, your ignorance makes sense. You actually have no fucking clue what Azure or AWS are, despite the fact you probably use them in some form every single day.

C64

Nope haven't used it, haven't used any MS software in my old business.

xyz

Surprise! You're a moron!

Actually, not a surprise. Literally very expected

C64

I guess i'm your long lost brother then

cadtek91

> doesn't give you access to a shell for your instances,

But in the first screenshot, it has a bottom navigation button for "Cloud Shell"

Brad

I'm exited to start using Cloud Shell!

Ryne Hager

Whoops, I had thought it was to be in a later update, but you are correct. I'll fix.

Cristian-Teodor TATOIU

You're totally right, its just a placeholder for now and will be available in a later update.

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